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Bronx Fire Leaves 20 Displaced

A three-alarm fire on Washington Avenue in the Bronx Friday evening left 20 displaced from their homes and left five firefighters with minor injuries.

According to authorities, the fire began shortly before 5:30 p.m. in an unoccupied three-story building, and then spread to four more three-story buildings, three of which were occupied.

The fire was reported to be under control shortly after 8:00 p.m.

Of 138 fire fighters who helped but out the fire, five received minor injuries.

No residents were injured, but 13 adults and seven children were forced out of their homes.

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At Least 12 Hurt In Suspicious Fire

A suspicious third-alarm fire that tore through two Bronx homes prompted “heroic” fire rescues as residents leapt for their lives from windows

Eyewitness News is told the fire broke out inside one multi-family home at 4057 Lowerre Place, in the borough’s Williamsbridge section, and spread to the house next door.

Flames could be seen shooting out of three first floor windows when firefighters arrived just before 2 a.m. this morning.

An infant and woman were rescued from the flames in what one fire official described as “heroic efforts.”

Other residents leapt from the rear windows to safety. One resident sustained a broken ankle from jumping out the window.

Officials say in all, four residents and eight firefighters were treated. All the injuries were non-life threatening.

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FDNY taking a sample of an apartment of 2830 Olinville where carbon monoxide reach some very dangerous levels.

 

Con Edison uncovering manholes to determine the source of the leak.

2830 Olinville Carbon Monoxide Reach Dangerous Levels!

THE BRONX - Residents of 2830 Olinville Ave. were rushed out in the cold Sunday morning due to dangerous carbon monoxide levels.

Tenants say their electricity went out around 7 a.m. shortly before their battery-operated carbon monoxide detectors went off. Con Edison officials say they had problems fighting a manhole fire because a car was parked on top of the spot. The delay caused carbon monoxide to seep into the nearby building.

Firefighters evacuated half of the building, while the other tenants were just advised to open their windows. MTA buses stood by to keep residents warm as they waited.

High levels of carbon monoixde can cause serious headaches and flu-like symptoms, however, no one was injured in the incident.
Con Edison expected to have all residents back in their units sometime Sunday once the building was completely aired out.

SOURCE: News12

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Hero officers Lloyd Blackburn (l.) and James Treadwell with Luisa Abreu and her two kids, whom the cops saved from an inferno in their Bronx building.

Fire sparked on E. 147th St. building’s fifth floor and quickly ripped through the hallway.

Two NYPD officers save three children from burning Bronx building

A pair of unflinching NYPD truancy officers raced into a burning Bronx building Wednesday and pulled three children to safety - as shattered glass and smoldering plaster rained down from the roof.

Officers James Treadwell and Lloyd Blackburn realized they could not wait for backup as they drove up to the inferno at the five-story walkup just after 11 a.m.

“As we come up to the building, there were flames shooting out of the windows,” said Treadwell, who had been flagged down by a terrified passerby.

“There were huge flames,” the 17-year NYPD veteran said. “There was debris coming down.”

The fire had sparked on the E. 147th St. building’s fifth floor and quickly ripped through the hallway, witnesses said. Because the building’s smoke detectors failed, several residents were unaware their lives were in danger, the cops said.

“We saw it, and we thought about the people inside,” said Blackburn, an 11-year veteran. “We just had to get them out.”

Luisa Abreu, 26, was watching her two children in her second-floor apartment and talking by phone with a friend on the fifth floor - and neither woman had any idea their building was burning, she said.

“No detectors went off,” said Abreu. “The only reason I knew about the fire was that the officers were banging on the doors and walls, screaming, ‘Fire! Fire! Fire!’”

When Treadwell and Blackburn reached Abreu’s home, they scooped up the panicked woman’s year-old son, Jovi, and 4-month-old daughter, Jamie Lynn, and ran out of the building.

“He grabbed my son and ran through the fire,” said Abreu, a hostess at a midtown Outback restaurant. “Fireballs were falling from the roof. … They almost hit me.

“If it wouldn’t have been for the officers, I would’ve still been inside with my children.”

The cops then ran back into the building to save another child, she said.

Firefighters arrived moments later, helped other residents evacuate and battled the intense two-alarm fire. The blaze was declared under control at 12:10 p.m.

One tenant and six firefighters were taken to hospitals for treatment of nonlife-threatening injuries, officials said.

SOURCE: NYPD

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